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Sunday, February 21, 2016
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Clashes in jihadist-held Iraq city halt after residents seized
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleClashes between Iraqi tribesmen and the Islamic State group in Fallujah are halted after the jihadists detain dozens of residents of the city west of Baghdad, officials say Sunday.
Tribesmen in three areas of the city “withdrew from the clashes (with IS), fearing for the fate of the detainees,” an army lieutenant colonel tells AFP on condition of anonymity.
“The clashes stopped because of the imbalance of power and fear that the detainees would be executed,” says Issa Sayir who was appointed by the Anbar governor to administer the Fallujah area.
Raja Barakat, a member of the provincial council in Anbar, where Fallujah is located, says: “We now fear that the (IS) organization will carry out a massacre in the city.”
— AFP
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